Live cleanest global major city ranking
The hourly major city ranking compares AQI⁺ values for more than 100 global cities. Click to learn more.

2025

World Air Quality Report

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AQI⁺ US legend

0-50Good

51-100Moderate

101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200Unhealthy

201-300Very unhealthy

301+Hazardous

Rank	Major city, country/region	AQI⁺ US	Followers
1	Warsaw, Poland	11	806.5K followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	12	248.5K followers
3	San Francisco, USA	16	1M followers
4	Kraków, Poland	17	599.7K followers
5	Seattle, USA	22	743.3K followers
6	Berlin, Germany	22	839.5K followers
7	Pristina, Kosovo	22	111.3K followers
8	Yangon, Myanmar	22	226.5K followers
9	Bogota, Colombia	22	143K followers
10	Stockholm, Sweden	23	246.3K followers
11	Sydney, Australia	24	1.8M followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	24	121.4K followers
13	Wrocław, Poland	27	441.3K followers
14	Helsinki, Finland	27	219.8K followers
15	Portland, USA	28	402.5K followers
16	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	556.5K followers
17	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	202.9K followers
18	Oslo, Norway	30	189K followers
19	Vancouver, Canada	32	537.4K followers
20	Rotterdam, Netherlands	32	187K followers
21	London, United Kingdom	34	1.2M followers
22	Prague, Czech Republic	34	283.9K followers
23	Toronto, Canada	35	1.1M followers
24	Houston, USA	37	131.6K followers
25	Kyiv, Ukraine	37	654.6K followers
26	Santiago, Chile	38	175.9K followers
27	Brussels, Belgium	38	346.9K followers
28	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	179.3K followers
29	Moscow, Russia	39	1.2M followers
30	Skopje, North Macedonia	39	247.2K followers
31	Hangzhou, China	42	779K followers
32	Canberra, Australia	43	485.9K followers
33	Paris, France	43	15.1M followers
34	Busan, South Korea	44	1.1M followers
35	Sofia, Bulgaria	44	271.3K followers
36	Nice, France	44	594.8K followers
37	New York, USA	45	2.5M followers
38	Munich, Germany	46	689.8K followers
39	Birmingham, United Kingdom	47	363.5K followers
40	Lyon, France	47	695.6K followers
41	Vienna, Austria	48	477.2K followers
42	Bratislava, Slovakia	49	86.5K followers
43	Melbourne, Australia	50	843.4K followers
44	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
45	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	51	131.2K followers
46	Montreal, Canada	51	341.3K followers
47	Kathmandu, Nepal	52	443K followers
48	Bangkok, Thailand	53	17M followers
49	Belgrade, Serbia	53	1.3M followers
50	Budapest, Hungary	53	158.2K followers
51	Rome, Italy	53	417.5K followers
52	Kuching, Malaysia	53	77.5K followers
53	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	54	1.1M followers
54	Tokyo, Japan	55	1.7M followers
55	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.4M followers
56	Incheon, South Korea	55	191.2K followers
57	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	773.4K followers
58	Los Angeles, USA	56	16M followers
59	Lima, Peru	56	66.4K followers
60	Zagreb, Croatia	56	266.8K followers
61	Mumbai, India	56	1.8M followers
62	Minneapolis, USA	57	91.7K followers
63	Athens, Greece	58	183.8K followers
64	Lisbon, Portugal	58	200.8K followers
65	Baku, Azerbaijan	58	84.6K followers
66	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	59	1.2M followers
67	Dakar, Senegal	59	49.8K followers
68	Chiang Mai, Thailand	60	15.9M followers
69	Ljubljana, Slovenia	60	203.2K followers
70	Baghdad, Iraq	60	286.3K followers
71	Medan, Indonesia	60	1.4M followers
72	Algiers, Algeria	60	49.8K followers
73	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	60	156.7K followers
74	Bucharest, Romania	61	207.1K followers
75	Istanbul, Turkey	61	548.8K followers
76	Shanghai, China	62	3.4M followers
77	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.8M followers
78	Kobe, Japan	64	67.6K followers
79	Almaty, Kazakhstan	65	822.3K followers
80	Osaka, Japan	65	651.4K followers
81	Madrid, Spain	66	756.5K followers
82	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	66	1M followers
83	Milan, Italy	66	504.3K followers
84	Kabul, Afghanistan	66	61.7K followers
85	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	67	602.9K followers
86	Beijing, China	68	18.2M followers
87	Accra, Ghana	68	26.7K followers
88	Shenzhen, China	69	847.2K followers
89	Kolkata, India	69	1.6M followers
90	Manama, Bahrain	69	78.7K followers
91	Washington D.C., USA	70	174.3K followers
92	Barcelona, Spain	71	612.6K followers
93	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	72	1.5M followers
94	Nairobi, Kenya	72	77.6K followers
95	Chongqing, China	73	499.6K followers
96	Tehran, Iran	73	1.6M followers
97	Kyoto, Japan	75	263.9K followers
98	Cairo, Egypt	75	271.8K followers
99	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	77	1M followers
100	Guangzhou, China	79	2M followers
101	Singapore, Singapore	79	1.3M followers
102	Doha, Qatar	79	325.6K followers
103	Bern, Switzerland	80	214.9K followers
104	Wuhan, China	82	634.3K followers
105	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	387.7K followers
106	Detroit, USA	85	75.1K followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	92	305.5K followers
108	Mexico City, Mexico	93	612.7K followers
109	Johannesburg, South Africa	94	109.7K followers
110	Chengdu, China	95	2.4M followers
111	Salt Lake City, USA	98	255.6K followers
112	Denver, USA	104	2M followers
113	Dhaka, Bangladesh	113	487.2K followers
114	Jerusalem, Israel	113	97.8K followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	118	232.8K followers
116	Chicago, USA	120	217.4K followers
117	Delhi, India	122	3.3M followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	143	2.2M followers
119	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	144	1.1M followers
120	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	154	35.8K followers
121	Hanoi, Vietnam	159	3.6M followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	163	17.5K followers
123	Lahore, Pakistan	168	1.1M followers
124	Kuwait City, Kuwait	179	169.7K followers
125	Kampala, Uganda	234	38.9K followers